Aaron raised an eyebrow and said, “Sex on the ocean. Kind of the same.”
Lifting my hand, I placed it on the side of his face. “I prefer this over being in the ocean. This was . . . perfect.”
Leaning closer to me, Aaron sucked my lower lip into his mouth as he pulled me closer to him. “I’ve only got four more things to check off your list.”
Pulling my head back, I stared at him. “I have six things on my bucket list.”
Narrowing his eyes at me, Aaron let me go and sat up as he ran his hands down his face. “About that. Sierra, there is no fucking way I’m sharing you with another man. Fuck no. Not about to happen.”
My heart about exploded from my chest. I loved seeing how protective of me Aaron was. How much he loved and cared about me. Sitting up, I leaned back against the headboard as I pulled the sheet up and covered my breasts. Aaron glanced over and tugged the sheet, causing it to pool in my lap so that I was exposed to him.
“What if I said I wanted it to be two girls?”
Aaron looked at me with a stunned look. “The answer is still no, but I must admit that made my dick jump. But no. I don’t want to touch anyone but you.”
Chewing on my lower lip, I fought to hold back my tears. “It wasn’t another girl. It was two guys.”
Aaron looked away. “Sierra . . . I can’t . . . I won’t do it.”
Deciding to put him out of his misery, I crawled onto top of him and sat down. Placing my hands on the sides of his face, I looked into his eyes. “Aaron, I made that list when I was hurting. When I thought I wanted things I knew nothing about. It’s never been a fantasy of mine, nor will it ever be. The only man I want touching me for the rest of my life is staring back into my eyes this very moment. You. You’re all I want, Aaron. You’re all I’ll ever need.”
Grabbing a hold of my face with his hands, Aaron’s eyes quickly searched my face.
Taking in a deep breath, Aaron captured my eyes with his.
“Marry me, Sierra.”
I HAD FOUGHT LIKE HELL not to speak the words earlier before I made love to Sierra, but I couldn’t hold them back any longer. They were out before I could stop them.
“Marry me, Sierra.”
Sierra’s mouth parted open as she stared back at me. “W-what?” she mumbled as her eyes filled with tears.
Closing my eyes, I shook my head. “Damn it. I didn’t want to just blurt that out. I wanted to wait until you were divorced and I wanted you to move in with me, and help me raise Princess. I wanted to show you how much I love you and how I’ll always take care of you with everything that I am. Please, baby, don’t get spooked. I know you’re still married, and I’m not even sure if you ever want to get married again, but—”
Sierra smashed her lips to mine as she kissed me. Hard. Her hands moved to my hair where she grabbed a handful and pulled. Moving her hips, she began to grind against me as my dick quickly came back to life.
Lifting up, Sierra sank down onto my dick and rode me until we both called out each other’s names. I was hoping like hell that was her way of saying yes.
Sierra was sleeping peacefully in my arms as I stared out through the skylight. She had yet to say anything to my marriage proposal. My heart felt heavy, and I knew I had moved entirely too fast.
Carefully slipping out of the bed, I quickly got dressed and headed up on deck. I had made dinner plans for us this evening, and I wanted to make sure we were back in time for them.
Sailing through the channel, I felt Sierra before she even walked up to me. Wrapping her arms around my waist, she held onto me tightly. Smiling, I went to ask her how she slept when she let go of me and slipped between the steering wheel and me.
She wore a bright smile and her eyes were picking up the light from the water. I’d never seen her look so beautiful before.
“Yes,” she said as her smile grew even bigger.
Swallowing hard, I wanted to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. I knew that some day when I asked the woman of my dreams to marry me, it was going to be grand. Not me blurting it out in a bed with her straddling me. Sierra deserved more, and I had every intention and asking her the proper way but the fact that she just said yes had me wanting to jump up and down like a little girl.
Slowly shaking my head, I repeated her word. “Yes.”
Nodding her head, Sierra lifted up on her toes and whispered against my lips. “A thousand times yes, Aaron.”
Closing my eyes, I said a quick prayer. I followed my heart and not my head. Opening my eyes, I said, “You just made me the happiest man in the world, Sierra.”